There are at least 400 species of sharks, and even though they’ve been around for 400 to 450 million years, many are now threatened with extinction.
http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=531&ArticleID=5775&l=en
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To attract a mate, bowhead whales have developed very sophisticated songs. They produce two different sounds that then get mixed together. They also change their songs from year to year, never repeating songs from past years. Talk about a whale of a love song!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090729074523.htm
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Did you know…Canadian Geese can travel 1000 km in less than a week? In fact, some geese travelling from their breeding to their winter grounds are able to make the trip in just one day!
http://www.hww.ca/en/species/birds/canada-goose.html
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Today’s rate of extinction of species is 1,000 to 10,000 times the natural rate suggested by the fossil record, which was about one species per million species a year.
http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=222
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Close to 1,000 species of gymnosperms (trees such as pine and spruce) have been identified by scientists. These plants go way back on the evolutionary scale, making them one of the oldest of any plants alive, but many groups are now considered endangered.
http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?documentid=531&articleid=5775
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Of the 634 species and subspecies of primates, a whopping 303 are considered Vulnerable or worse, with 22% considered Endangered and 11% considered Critically Endangered.
http://www.conservation.org/Documents/Primate_Factsheet_2008.pdf
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Nearly one third of the approximately 6,000 known amphibian species are threatened with extinction.
http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=531&ArticleID=5775&l=en
2010 is the Year of Biodiversity and Earth Rangers has teamed up with The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity to bring you a daily dose of biodiversity basics
Did you know… Canada’s 138 native tree species have at least 40 known pharmaceutical or medical uses! Say thanks to the plants that help keep us healthy.
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Since the year 1750, Canada has lost the Great Auk, Passenger Pigeon, Labrador Duck, Dawson caribou, sea mink, Banff longnose dace, deepwater cisco, longjaw cisco, and blue walleye.
http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=222
2010 is the Year of Biodiversity and Earth Rangers has teamed up with The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity to bring you a daily dose of biodiversity basics
Seventy percent of the world’s species are found in just 12 countries: Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Madagascar, Mexico, Peru and Democratic Republic of Congo.
http://www.scidev.net/en/features/biodiversity-facts-and-figures-1.html
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